HAL BRANDS is Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World.

One reason to believe that Trump is governing like a Republican is that he acted like this last time. In addition to the sterling conservative credentials of the 200 or so judges he appointed, his first administration’s primary agenda was generically Republican: a tax cut, border enforcement, and aggressive attempts at deregulation.

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